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Carmageddon: 'I wish it were like this all the time,' resident says

July 16, 2011 | 3:48
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Michele Cohn, who lives in Bel-Air near the juncture of Sunset Boulevard and the 405 Freeway, had prepared for the worst: She had stocked up on groceries Thursday and was anticipating being shut in all weekend.

But when the dreaded day dawned Saturday, Cohn, 53, embraced it. She and her husband decided to visit local garage sales in their car, and by afternoon had arrived in Santa Monica without having encountered much traffic.